CGDA - Current Affairs Questions and Answers

1)   Senior bureaucrat SK Kohli has been appointed as CGDA. What does CGDA stand for?

a. Comptroller Auditor General of Defence Accounts
b. Comptroller Auditor General of Defence Audit
c. Comptroller General of Defence Audit and Accounts
d. Comptroller General of Defence Accounts
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Comptroller General of Defence Accounts

Explanation:
Senior bureaucrat SK Kohli has been appointed as the CGDA (Comptroller General of Defence Accounts)

- ACC has approved Kohli’a appointment for promotion to post of CGDA

- Kohli is an Indian Defence Accounts Service officer

- CGDA mandates audit, payment and accounting of all charges for the armed forces

- Established Officer’s Division processes all proposals for senior appointment in the government of India that require approval of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet under GoI Transaction of Business Rules 1961

- The complete list of the Cabinet Committee is given below:

  • Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
  • Cabinet Committee on Accommodation.
  • Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.
  • Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs.
  • Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs.
  • Cabinet Committee on Security